Hikers flock to Hong Kong’s Po Pin Chau on first day of National Day ‘golden week’

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More than 400 hikers visited Hong Kong’s Po Pin Chau on the first day of the National Day golden week, with some arriving before their reserved time slots. The attraction uses a countryside real-name reservation system to manage visitor numbers.

More than 400 hikers visited one of Hong Kong’s best-known geological attractions on Thursday morning as some tourists chose outdoor activities on the first day of the National Day “golden week”. Some visitors also arrived at Po Pin Chau – where the city’s first countryside real-name reservation system was introduced in late August to manage crowd sizes – ahead of their afternoon booking slots to try their luck. Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Mickey Lai Kin-ming said about...